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# Exam question 1 · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the concealment of a family's poverty by falsehood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, conceal · **To what, where:** concealment, poverty

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the concealment of a family's poverty by falsehood?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the concealment of a family's poverty |  |  |  | of the following statements; by falsehood; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conceal** |  |  | a family's poverty |  |  |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: of=patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is effortless and is invariably sustained without any difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e1:o1:1
# text = It is effortless and is invariably sustained without any difficulty
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	effortless	effortless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | effortless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sustain** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | without any difficulty; invariably *property* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It reliably secures the friendship of the pupil's classmates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e1:o2:1
# text = It reliably secures the friendship of the pupil's classmates
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	reliably	reliably	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	classmates	classmate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | present | It | the friendship of the pupil's classmates |  |  |  | reliably *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition friendship=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is wearisome, since each falsehood tends to require further falsehoods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e1:o3:1
# text = It is wearisome, since each falsehood tends to require further falsehoods
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wearisome	wearisome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	falsehoods	falsehood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | wearisome *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tend** | present | each falsehood |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** | to-infinitive | each falsehood *not said here* | further falsehoods |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme falsehood=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is required of every pupil by the regulations of the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:489-hiding-it-from-friends-being-skint-at-school:e1:o4:1
# text = It is required of every pupil by the regulations of the school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | the regulations of the school | It |  |  |  | of every pupil | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |
| 2 | **regulate** |  |  | the school |  |  |  |  | nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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